Today Alea had a swim party at the Jones Center so I went to the gym there. I did 20 minutes on the bike, and several go rounds of the different weight machines. I had to work hard at not laughing at the boys (i.e., men?) who were using the weight machines. They would do two to three reps on a machine and then lift up their t-shirt sleeve to look at their muscles. Funny stuff! The machines were set up around the room in a circle with the cardio machines at the front of the room facing a wall sized mirror. I noticed they guys were also less likely to use a weight machine that didn't face the mirror. And guys think girls are vain! Wow! I had my music up pretty loud so I hope I didn't giggle out loud.
After a round of the weights I went upstairs to check on Alea. She was having a blast so I went back down the the gym and started my second hour of working out! That's right...I'm awesomesauce. I did another 10 minutes on the bike and another round of weights. I was so happy to have access to the weight machines because I need this type of workout but do not visit a gym. I tried to workout on the elliptical but there were a variety of issues here: 1. the machine faced the mirror and I realized that I need a firmer sports bra 2. there was a guy also working out facing the mirror...refer to #1 again 3. the machine was hard to figure out...I couldn't figure out how to get any resistance and there was rust on the machine (I wanted to take a picture to show you but refer to #2) so after 5 minutes on the elliptical I gave up.
This is an example of where NOT to put your hand on a machine. It was a leg lift machine and when I lifted my legs this black handle came down and smashed my hand. I got a bruise right away and it my hand is kind of swollen now. Like I said...awesomesauce.
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